The best mining companies don't just follow regulations—they help shape them.

The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business. The key to performance is to keep the hot data in memory. The future of databases is in the cloud. Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value. The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language.

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.

布莱克-斯科尔斯模型的美妙之处在于它将期权定价问题简化为几个可观察的变量。

生活中只有两种悲剧：一个是没有得到我们想要的，另外一个是得到我们想要的。